Spaniard will leave Bournemouth at end of the season
Chelsea and other Premier League sides also interested
Crystal Palace are stepping up their attempts to convince Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola to take over from Oliver Glasner and are set to offer him a lucrative three-year contract.
It is understood that Palace have made Iraola, who confirmed last month that he will be leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season, their preferred target and held initial talks with the Spaniard’s camp in the past few weeks.
Palace are aware that the 43-year-old has plenty of other suitors from the Premier League, including Chelsea, but hope that the lucrative contract offer and the potential of European football next season should they win the Conference League could help to lure him to Selhurst Park. Glasner’s side face Rayo Vallecano in the final on 27 May in Leipzig, with the winners qualifying directly for the Europa League.
